Edwards Mediation Academy

Learn From the Mediators Who Built This Profession

Most courses teach you about mediation. Our courses give you a front-row seat alongside the people who’ve spent decades at the head of the table.

8,000+

Disputes Mediated by Bruce Edwards

17 Experts

Insights from World-Class Practitioners

CLE - Approved

By the California State Bar

30-Day Guarantee

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Meet the Practitioners Who Built This Field

Bruce Edwards has spent 40 years in the mediation room. He assembled 17 of the field’s most respected experts to share what only experience can teach.

Bruce Edwards

Peter Robinson

Danny Weinstein

Nina Meierding

Eric Green

Explore Our Interactive Online Mediation Training Courses

Three flagship courses built around the full arc of mediation mastery, plus specialized courses for mediation ethics, career development, and others. Whatever your starting point, there’s a path for you to learn and improve mediation skills.

Mediation Skills Course

Hours: 40

Designed for:

Beginning mediators, HR professionals, business managers, and others involved in conflict management

Advanced Mediation Skills Course

Hours: 45

Designed for:

Experienced practitioners & those moving into commercial practice

Mediation Lawyer

Hours: 30

Designed for:

Attorneys looking to build mediation expertise & develop winning strategies for their clients

Ethics in Mediation

Hours: 4

Designed for:

Learn how to identify ethical issues that frequently occur in mediation and how to prevent them from hijacking the mediation process.

Developing Your Career

Hours: 8

Designed for:

Those looking to kick-start a new career, expand existing practice or develop a step-by-step business plan

Courses in Other Languages

Hours: 30

Designed for:

Those who are interested in our online mediation courses whose primary language is one other than English. Courses available through our local affiliates.

The Mediator’s Mind®

Bruce Edwards’ trademarked framework for every decision at the table – distilled from 40 years and 8,000+ mediations. Complimentary eBook. Includes 1 CLE credit

Reviews of Our Mediation Training Courses

Just when you think you know nearly everything about resolving cases as an advocate or mediator, along comes the Edwards Mediation Academy with the most insightful faculty members and presentations you can imagine. Bruce Edwards has truly put together a “masterclass” in the art and skill of dispute resolution. I cannot recommend it highly enough. All that you can learn is invaluable, regardless of your level of experience.
Steve Taylor, Taylor & Co. Law Offices, California

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the course and how valuable I thought it was. I especially liked what Bruce had to say about the importance of emotion, forgiveness and apology in resolving disputes, and how joint sessions can help parties move beyond the trauma of conflict. His insights prompted me to reflect on an early mediation — a bitter business divorce that settled after a marathon session but then fell apart in the weeks that followed. After taking this course, I now wish I had pushed harder for the parties to meet face-to-face and make amends. It might have saved the settlement.
Mediator, Southern California

What Comes with Every EMA Mediation Training Course

Every EMA course includes CLE credits approved by the California State Bar, direct access to Bruce Edwards through monthly office hours and live sessions, a library of recorded interviews with leading practitioners, discounts on future courses, and regular updates from EMA experts on developments in the field.